hasen wrote:
Walter Bright wrote:
Jesse Phillips wrote:
It looks to me that Walter's points aren't about convincing people to
use it, but to show that you are using it, that there are customers.
That's right. It's called "social proof".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Proof
Apple, for example, uses social proof as the central theme in its
marketing campaigns.
Back in the 1970's, Dr. Pepper hilariously used social proof in their
oxymoronic campaign "join the non-conformists!"
Social proof eh? hmm interesting. That's why I decided to learn vim, not
because I felt or thought I needed to, but because it *seemed* that
/real/ programmers use vim. You know what I mean?
Absolutely. Some of the best dating advice I've ever got: just be yourself.
No, I was kidding :o). It was: be seen with women. It's social proof.
Andrei
